Much of the debate over warehouse construction in the Inland Empire – where the boom has been explosive in recent years – revolves around a single word: jobs. Are the jobs worth it? Warehouses are, after all, both a job creator and an inconvenience.
Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Remembrance Sunday, Armed Forces Day - everybody hoops it up a week or two before it happens and then poof - the flags come down, the flowers soon fade on the graves and take a ride to the trash bin.
When California passed the landmark School Meals for All legislation in 2021, we became the first state in the nation to provide free breakfast and lunch for all K-12 students regardless of income.
A cursory examination of history reveals that the United States is mired in the same process that precipitated the collapse of the great empires of the past. The foibles and failures of human nature and their impact on the rise and fall of empires is amazingly consistent and the end result always inevitable. Can this nation avoid a similar fate?
Good morning, everyone. Carl Blake, thanks for that kind introduction. More importantly, thank you for your selfless service on behalf of your brothers- and sisters-in-arms.